# Date transform

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-transform/85430>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 11, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-transform/85430 "2017-05-11T15:00:10Z")\
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date ingest processor can process a String to extract a Date from it.  
Is that what you mean?

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